Stasimon 1

Question 1

what have been turned upside down

Answer 1

-Justice and the universe is turned upside down

Question 2

Gods no longer have power

Answer 2

men plan trickery, trust in the gods no longer firm,

Question 3

What is coming to the female sx

Answer 3

honour is coming to the female sex
Women will be free from slander
Actually, the reversal is the reversal of the outcome, Medea is not praised

Question 4

What were women not given

Answer 4

Phoebus Lord of poetry did not give women the gift of lyre song (forgets the famous female greek poets such as the sensual Sappho from Lesbos) or I would sing out against the male sex, much can be slandered about them too.

Question 5

What do the chorus say about MEdea

Answer 5

in a foreign land, lost marriage bed, no husband, now driven out an exile without honour
-reminds her she has nothing, that her position as wife has been usurped and she “now rules in your house”

Question 6

oaths

Answer 6

reverence for oaths is no more